China emerged as overall winners by winning the final Gold medals - taking both the prestigious Rapid Team titles at the 1st World Mind Sports Games.

In the Mens Rapid Teams, China beat Iran in 2.5-1.5 and 3-1 in the Semi-Finals and then crushed hopefuls Ukraine 3-1 and 3-1. Earlier, Ukraine had qualified for the finals by edging past the USA 2.5-1.5 and 2-2.

And in the third place play-off, Iran got the Bronze on tiebreak after tying their matches with the USA 2.5-1.5 and 1.5-2.5.

The Chinese women were even more convincing, turning on the power when it mattered. A sweep of Vietnam 3-1 and 3.5-0.5 qualified them for the finals where they crushed Ukraine (3-1 and 3-1) who had surprisingly defeated Russia in the semi-finals 2.5-1.5 and 2-2.

Russia however bounced back to take Bronze with a comfortable 2.5-1.5 and 3-1 victory over Vietnam.

Overall Medal Standings (Final!):

1. China: 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze;

2. Russia: 2 Gold, 1 Silver

3. Ukraine: 1 Gold, 3 Silver; 3 Bronze;

4. Bulgaria: 1 Gold, 1 Silver;

5-6. Ecuador, Hungary: 1 Gold each;

7. Vietnam: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze

8. India: 1 Silver;9. Iran: 2 Bronze;

10-11. Greece, Singapore: 1 Bronze each.

As always, full coverage of the 1st World Mind Sports Games is at www.2008wmsg.org/en and all games are broadcast live and available for viewing and download daily at www.2008wmsg.fide.com.